Bottle washer



L. LOMP BOTTLE WASHER Filed Aug. 20, 1923 E f5 LMF? :enivre WASHER plieeitne ingest 30, w23. Serial $58,355.

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lie it known that l1, Lewis Lore? e? citizen of tbe United States, 'residing it Baltimore rtjyg in tlie State et Merylemi, lieve inventcertein new and iiseiful improvements in llleeliers, of wliien tbe fol- L ecitication. 'v This invention relates to rotary brushes, l more specifically, to an improved bottle ueber.

@ne object of 'this invention is to provide improved, yet exceedi'nfl7 simple, coiniretively inexpensive, practical enel tbox'- i lily eiiicientenel convenient bott-le washer is applicable in Washing bottles of practically all sizes entl shapes Within eerni limits'. Y

,ii 'further object is to provide a bottlewrielier wliieb. closes vthe mouth of the bottle f1 wliile operating to Wash the bottle, and

'whose bottle-closer or stopper also serves es :i practical. :mtl Convenient means for holdnff the bottle steady on e table or other supt While being washed.

l further object is to provide :in improved eeinbination of brushes, in combination with te other elements ot' tbe invention, for

ching tbe remote corners anti crevices of les so as to illiorougliljy' Wash them. (Ether objects and advantages-Will be pointi out or implied in tbe following details of ,l criptiom in connect-ion .vitli. tbe eccommnying drawings in Which,-w

av bottle 'washer Constructed in accordance th this invention. ,e section of' tbe screw being broken ont. y2 is e. longitninel seenel View of the handle and the edjunets 'veel thereto. Fig. 3 is an axial or central tional view of tbe combined stopperE boldind screivectuator. lFig. 4lis en assembly W of tbe axle or ionrnelaod and the ew, parts et the latter being in axial seen, and e pert being broken out.. 'lligi 5 is an elevation, on e reduced scale, or" the de- `vice .in a bottle, showing the natural Work- Y position of the brushes and other parts.

Referring to these drawings in detail, in 'ffliich similar reference characters refer to similar parte throughout the Several views:

The cylindrical or rotary brnsli is prefbly of the type in which tbe bristles or ere are fixed to and extend radially from twisted wire axis or core 6 (Fig. yOne l of this exis ie soldered or otherwise nrecl in :n: ariel bore of screw S, and

Fig. 1 is longitudinal or side elevation' with' the external threads of e screw er exis ll *ivlneb is jonrnelled in an axial bore i2 of y e handle 13.

This-hurdle is preferably v (though not essentially) an ordinary Wooden handle., 'anti has e metal Washer 14e counteru sunk in its upper or outer end, and another metal Washer at its inner enti, shown et l5. These washers are centrally apertnrecl to provide bearings for the adjacent parte of the erle ll. i `ferrnle i6 surrounds the Washer 'i5a enti also snrrouns or is integral. with e metal Washer or plete l? v'hose axial aperture or circuler bore serves ee e bearing for tbev eylimlrioal enel of the screw 8 that engages with the rod 1l.' ,y

llfiien all parte are essemblefl, tbe parte 5 to fil, inclusive, constitute e Unitary member or integrati enit, anti tlv """unit is rotatable in the handle l by' `eens oit tbe member i8, or by cooperation-ef tbe mem.- bers 13 and The meinberi i8 ,cemprises an outer element 19, of relatively Vsoft and elastic materie-l, preferably (but not essentially) of rubber,` formed with en axial bore or passage 20, end an inner member or nut 2l, Qreerably `but not essentially) of metal, having ite central opening of e shape to conform to the Wide-pitch threads of tbe Screw S, so tliet an axial movement of the screw relative tn the stopper l, or en axial movement of tbe stopper relative to tbe screw, will also canse a rotary movement of tbe screw enel brushes if theetopper is n will, and i in i pei'nf-i' v lxsn dom 2h@ member lo,

f @mining all nl; i j s c paris5 of h@ Wall @if ihn lmrile Foy clean- 1 4. L

-Gncls of said outei' @Vinalclaim :is my invention is:--

l..'.l"l'1e hotle washer which includes a sciew, a huish on the, screw, 'f1 handle jonrnfillefl on the, Screw and held against longitudinal movement relative to the screw, a nut meshing with the screw and movable along *nini screw 'm ioa the screw and brush,v (l n fsfnStn-conical member of ielaively oft and elastic n'mteriul having an axial lasszxgn iniough which said screw extends, ,icl nui being inibecldod within said conical ineinbe' mail secured against relation i'elzn live lo the latter, substantially as described, fm' the pni'posc specified.

2. ln n combined botle stopper and brush zicnntor; th combination of an outer part which is soft, fzhislic, iustmconical and z12-zially apnil'niecl; an inner part which consislS of a screw adapted to Carry .rush and piovidccl with a handle jouinalled thereon; and an ineiinedian part Consisting of a relnively haz'cl nut. meshing with the screw and imheclded between the upper and lower part; the said screw extending' ln'ough the axial aperture of the mimi pari;

ln estimony whereof I alli): my signame,

LEWIS LOM?. 

